§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many civil servants in his Department are paid more than the various Ministers within it.
§ Mr. KaufmanThe information is as follows:
Secretary of State for Industry: I have nothing to add to the reply by my hon. Friend 563W the Minister of State, Civil Service Department, on 1st August.—[Vol. 896, c. 669.]
Minister of State (Mr. Gregor Mackenzie) 61 Minister of State (Lord Beswick) 103 Under-Secretary of State 103 Additionally, some civil servants are on salary scales which span the salary paid to one or more Ministers, but it is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to ascertain how many of them are being paid more than a Minister. The total numbers of staff on such salary scales are:
Minister of State (Lord Beswick) 224 Under-Secretary of State 260 Lord Beswick's salary has been assessed without attendance allowance, and the civil service salaries used exclude London Weighting.